The ancestor of all domestic cats is the African Wild Cat which still exists today.
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The difference between antlers and horns is that antlers are shed each year and are made of bone while horns are kept for life and are made of living tissue and bone with a sheath that is very similar to human finger nails.
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Pet dogs and elephants are the only animals that seem to instinctively understand human gesture.
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It has been calculated that a single breath from a mature blue whale can inflate up to 2,000 balloons.
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In 2011, a male tiger in India adopted a litter of orphaned cubs, taking on the role of ‘mother’. Wildlife officials say such behavior had never been observed before.
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Ants tend to survive in a microwave because they find the coolest spot and wait!
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Cymothoa exigua is a type of parasite that enters through fish's gills, eats their tongue, and then replaces it.
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